PowerLine Telecommunications (PLT);BPSK Narrow Band Power Line Channel for Smart Metering Applications

The present document specifies a high-performance narrow band power line channel for control networking in the smart grid that operates in the EN 50065-1 [2] 9 kHz to 95 kHz sub-band ("A band") and is compatible with the CEN
EN 14908 Open Data Communication in Building Automation, Controls and Building Management Control Networking standard and other protocols. The present document is suitable for smart grid applications such as, but not limited to, smart metering, distribution line management, distributed generation, electric vehicle charging and demand response.
This channel definition does not include built-in support for co-existence of dissimilar transceiver types at the PHY/MAC layer. Sharing of the media with other dissimilar technologies, for example, by segmenting access time to the channel or adjusting the duty cycle, is the responsibility of upper levels of protocols that make use of the present document.